Suguru Kakite1,
Hadrien A. Dyvorne1, Karen M. Lee1, Sasan Roayaie2,
Ashley Knight-Greenfield1, Ersin Bayram3, Claudia
Donnerhack1, Bachir Taouli1
1Department
of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; 2Department
of Surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, United States; 3GE
Healthcare, Milwaukee, WI, United States
IVIM diffusion parameters and ADC values were quantified in 79 HCCs and liver parenchyma in 46 patients at 3T. D (true diffusion coefficient), PF (perfusion fraction) and ADC were all significantly higher in HCC compared to cirrhotic liver parenchyma. There were also significant correlations between D/PF/ADC and tumor necrosis in treated HCCs. There were significant differences in D/ADC and no significant difference in PF between necrotic components and viable components. The ADC value in the necrotic lesion is more affected by the value of D and less affected by the value of PF.
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